candlestick park

     

Canlestick Park (also commonly referred to as Candlestick or The Stick) is an outdoor sports and entertainment stadium located in San Francisco, California. The stadium was originally built as the home of the San Francisco Giants, who played there from 1960 until moving into Pacific Bell Park (since renamed AT&T Park) in 2000. Currently it is the home field of the San Francisco 49ers NFL team, who moved in for the 1971 season.

Trivia about candlestick park

  • On Sept. 30 Willie Mays threw out the ceremonial last pitch as this Giants park closed after 40 seasons
  • With a capacity of 63,000, this San Francisco ballpark is the National League's largest
  • The former name of San Francisco's 3-Com Park
  • The Beatles played their last formal concert on (of course) a wild & windy night at this venue

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